- advanced-50
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 50 (Answer Keys)
Improving Verbal Skills
A1 You can tell that this car has been very well made and is certainly superior to the other makes in this garage.
answer: (d) superior
A2 It's quite obvious that whatever you like to call his remarks they are impolite and amount to slander.
answer: (b) amount
A3 He claims to have sailed single-handed round the world but personally I don't believe him.
answer: (c) claims
A4 In this biography she is depicted as a kind sweet old lady but in reality she was a bad tempered old witch.
answer: (a) depicted
A5 He had to be isolated from all the other patients in the hospital because he had a highly contagious disease.
answer: (d) isolated
A6 It's not that I don't trust you but I must have some evidence of your identity.
answer: (b) but
A7 The General made absolutely sure his troops were ready for battle and provided with the latest equipment.
answer: (c) provided
A8 People used to think the cinema would be supplanted by television but it never happened because people still
go to the pictures.
answer: (d) supplanted
A9 She appeared to be very confident on stage but inside she was feeling very nervous.
answer: (a) appeared
A10 There's little point in those two firms competing for the same market as they would be much better
collaborating with one another.
answer: (d) collaborating
